New Governor of Dnipropetrovsk Takes on Pro-Russia Separatists, but Critics Worry About Growing Power of Oligarchs
June 27, 2014 12:31 p.m. ET
Ihor Kolomoisky, a billionaire banking tycoon recently
appointed governor of Dnipropetrovsk region in eastern Ukraine, has
vowed to defend the country.
Reuters
DNIPROPETROVSK, Ukraine—Leaning over a map of eastern Ukraine on his desk,
Gennady Korban
gripped a ballpoint pen and drew a squiggling blue line down its center.
The
border, he said, marked the battlefront in his country's war with
pro-Russia separatists. One side was stable, rid of "troublemakers," he
said. On the other are "maniacs," he said. "Men without families, who
don't want families, they just like war." If they cross over the line,
he said, "we'll just have to kill them."
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